About the Artist
Margaret Hall Hoybach

Margaret Hall Hoybach received her B.A. from the University of Maryland School of Fine Arts in 1966 and took advanced studies at the University of California at Davis. More than thirty years of worldwide travels inspire her impressionistic watercolors. Hoybach's works have been shown throughout the United States as well as in England and France.

A lecturer at universities, colleges, museums and to professional organizations, Hoybach conducts workshops throughout the United States and Europe. The Artistry of Margaret Hall Hoybach, her educational television series on painting, is produced and shown in the Washington, D.C. area. She portrays the floral and wildlife beauty of another world-famous garden in her book, A Watercolor Journey through Charleston's Magnolia Plantations and Its Gardens. Hoybach and her husband live near Charleston, South Carolina.

About the Author
Joan Brown

A freelance writer, columnist and former editor, Joan Brown has written on travel, the arts and family issues in national publications such as Wildlife Art, The Artist's Magazine, Watercolor Magic, U.S. Air Magazine and Woman's World for the past fifteen years. She and her husband make their home in Steilacoom, Washington.